I will be on the road through this fall throughout the country and will be planning stops based on community interest and special event schedules.

This tour will begin on the 27th of September following the 18-day water-only fast at FERC in DC.

During these travels, I hope to share the 55-foot community-sourced United States of Fracking banner that has been used in many actions, teach-ins, and discussions throughout the country since it was completed at our DC Stop the #FERCus actions in late May 2015. I want to thank Kim Fraczek for the superb vision and Seth Tobocman for original illustrations that tie our many struggles together in this work of direct action art!

It is time to spread the art and stories and also encourage networking for Rising Tide North America’s #FloodtheSystem organizing platform and the BXE No New Permits Fast at FERC (#BXEFast) — both are offered as events that you can specifically tailor to your causes and there can be multiple levels of participation layers to help build movement capacity and community. Please connect me with other efforts so we can join in the ways that are wanted!

Since my travel schedule is coming together in a very organic way, I would love to know if there is interest in me stopping through your community to visit and possibly for me to volunteer in some capacity based on your request and consent. I travel to organize and find face-to-face connections to be invaluable. I will also be offering anti-racism guidance and discussion as a Person of Color for those who understand the necessity of this type of everyday direct action dismantling work in our personal spaces and activist circles — especially in environmental-climate issue spaces.

If you know of other friends throughout the country who may be interested in connecting this time around, please let me know and I will do my best. E-mail is best: jimmy.betts@gmail.com

With Love, at your service (in action and in social media),

~Jimmy Betts, Qualmless Life Artist BeyondExtremeEnergy.orgI do not need to believe we will win.
I know it! But we must do it together.
– ‪#‎Intersectionality‬ is ‪#‎Reality‬ –

—Beginning of Weekend with BXE—
Sat 24 Lancaster PA (3h, 120mi, 2pm) Chili Time on a Heated Planet: Stories, Songs and Solutions, 6:30-8:30pm at Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster 328 W Orange St, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603. Bring your own table service and a dish to pass. Chili and beverage provided.

Sun 25 Bloomsburg PA (2h, 100mi, 7am) “Run Down the Pipeline 5K” organized by the Shalefield Organizing Committee, 10am EST at Bloomsburg Town Park: Fundraiser 5K RUN / WALK to support the Shalefield Organizing Committee and the Columbia County Against the Pipeline Campaign. Support (y)our friends and neighbors against the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline! (more info), Drive to MPLS, 17 hr—Conclusion to Weekend with BXE—

Tue 3 Chicago IL – March for #Jobs, Dignity and #EnvironmentalJustice 4pm at 100th Street and Torrence Ave., confronting #KochBrothers & Agri-Fine Corporation​ Toxic #PetCoke pollution. A primer video from “Chicago South East Side Coalition To Ban Petcoke”: Since we started working to stop the toxic avalanche of pet coke, we’ve succeeded to close down two sites. The larger site is being turned into a transfer-point for the waste product. Piles will have to be removed by next summer – unfortunately – the problem will now be on uncovered trains coming through Hegwisch. Waste product will be rumbling through hegwisch and land locking the neighborhood. How are emergency personnel going to cross into the neighborhood when the trains block the entrance into the neighborhood just west of Ave. O. What is the contingency plan if the trains are blocking the streets and there is a fire at one of the schools or the senior housing? Will the fire stations outside of the Hegwisch be able to respond to a crisis in time?

Sat 7 Fond du Lac WI (from CHI 3 h, 150 mi; 5am)Earth Justice Now! Workshop: Responding to Climate Change, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Earth Justice Now! is a group founded by UU’s, with a focus on solar energy. They are just starting to define their strategic plans for the coming years, so it’s a great opportunity to help a budding organization (and very unique in Fond du Lac) to grow. They will be hosting an awareness workshop at Open Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship with a #FrackingBanner & #NoNewPermitsQuilt discussion/photo in the afternoon. With Chance Whitby – no charge, but reservations are required. Contact klindberg-schuppe@charter.net to reserve a spot.